Frederick Fout

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Voluntarily gathered the men of the battery together, remanned the guns, which had been ordered abandoned by an officer, opened fire, and kept up the same on the enemy until after the surrender.

Rank: Second Lieutenant
Conflicts: Civil War
Organization: U.S. Army

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